Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On May - 24 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  On May - 24 henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on May - 24.   

1895  On May - 24 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

1898  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on May - 24.   

1899  On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  On May - 24 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on May - 24.   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼   

1901  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on May - 24.   

1902  On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  On this day in history aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on this day in history.   

1905  On May - 24 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on May - 24.   

1908  On this day in history belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history.   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on May - 24.   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on May - 24.   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48